Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-09

nave stopped, VEINS stood out Ike whfpcor.
mustache frozen stiR, icicles hanging from J
eyelids frozen, tho toque parted company WI
my bead
Surely We ware down; no, away agar
bounding into tho distance.
Breath gone, Fam almost dead. They tol
me to keep my mouth shut tight, and cur
that cigar, it has been persistently kept ope'
and it, too, seems frozen; anyhow, my jaw
won't work. Down, down, down. Do 20
remember the story Of "How Rubinstei
played the piano!" Well, our toboggan va
much like that; lit ripped out and it rard.
| tipped and tarr'd, it pranced and charge
like the grand entry at the circus"
Down, down we dashed seemingly into th
bottomless pit
Obi shade Of Dante, here's . new intern
ready to your hand.
Bless my soul! past the lord lieutenant an
the viceregal party, groups Of the minister
and noted senators chatting with fair ladie
and watching us as we fed on tho swallow
wing. The fun was getting furious-my hal
stood up on end.
"Hang it ell, " I cried, will no one stop tn
brutes"
Dash, crash, dash. ~Ohi obi Hullo
What's thisf" and then I remember nothin,
more. People tell me I was ultimately foun,
at a considerable distance from the toboggan
The only part of me visible were my legs, TO
! was standing on my head in a snow drift
When my senses returned I discovered tina
my face was sadly damaged, and as l said a
the beginning, decidedly my nasal organ GU
Of repair.
Ever since then it has been customary IL
our family to date all times from this acct
dent, as the Greeks date theirs from the frs
Olympiad.
1You have made . sight Of yourself, ole
fellow" said . voice near me- lit was tina
COMPOUNDED root of q tree"
ut doesn't matter in the least what Il was.
l said, now furious; II know I am nearly
killed, and I glared ct the speaker and could
have throttled him on the spot, for the fellow
who had steered me down the slide had beer
my rival all along for Nellys hand. and
now confound it all, though we were
engaged l hak suspected my overthrow had
not been purely accidental, but for a purpose
We strolled towards the house, and Nelly.
with that winning smile which could plav
the deuce with a mans affections, passed her
band through my arm. I drew the little
warm band closer to me, and the very touch
sent the blood tingling through my veins;
how I loved herl
My rival, I must confess, had many advan.
tages on his side; he was supremacy hand.
some, and then he had heaps of money, and
that always carries weight with the women,
and l had noticed all along that Nelly was
wavering.
Il have something to tell you, Harry; I
should have told you before" she said, "but,"
and she colored violently, "a girl can't al
ways tell her own feelings, can she7
@You must be very, very happy with some
one else, l feel sure"-
A picture of the church passed before me
where l had intended we should be married
-an awfully jolly little place. roses growing
up it and ivy, all that sort Of thing, you
know; for, of course, I meant We should be
married in England and cut the states alto
"Ohl Nelly" l said, kneeling at her feet on
the frozen ground, don't for God sake, speak
like that; you will drive me mad;" and I
continued, Il suppose you will marry the fell
low who steered us down: do you love hint"
"Why, yes Iguess l never knew my own
feelings till now, though"
I rose to my feet, and taking both her
hands in mine pleaded with her just to try
me, just to see how happy I would make her.
mo, you must be very, very happy with
one else" said Nelly in reply. II feel
sure my papa would never give his consent,
specially now" looking at my damaged
face; you were running it neck and neck.
you see."
"Neck and neck!" I muttered. "Well, any.
how, I replied, "mine is nearly broken"
I thought of all the presents given and &C
,epted, a magnificent diamond ring had
pretty nearly ruined me, and the worst of it
she wouldn't give any Of them back.
Nelly's red lips pouted like those of a spoiled
child as she continued, "But you are poor,
you won't be able to buy me all sorts of
;hings hat l shall wan when I am married"
II bought you a ring" l said disconsolately,
q very handsome diamond ring; it cost lots
II money"
"Yes, but I want heaps and heaps of rings,
md I will have Them" and she stamped her
title foot and she looked lovelier than ever
n a passion.
There now. I shall marry Augustus, and /
ust guess you'll turn real spiteful."
mo, I shan't," I replied, at my wits end,
I shan't. indeed, Nelly, darling; only don't,
lon't marry that great hulking brute who
las thrown us out for good," I added MOURN
ully.
"There now, I said you'd turn spiteful."
Dear reader, I I'm still a bachelor, all
wing to that fatal day when I certainly was
most efectually thrown out" in every sense
t the word.
A few weeks later, had you scanned the
columns of a certain American
aper, you would have seen this announce.
lent among the list:
ION the 5th inst, at st. Johns church,
lew York, Helen Game, eldest daughter of
amuel Game, Of Boston. to Augustus Mason,
T Chicago;" and in the same paper in the
st of passengers sailing for England by a
srtain steamer you would lave seen my
anne. You can guess the reason why.-H
t Maur In London Society.